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The Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
Sec. 47 (8), directs :—
"Where a person has in his possession any article
"which is unsound or unwholesome, or unfit for the food
"of man, he may, by written notice to the Sanitary
"Authority, specifying such article and containing a
"sufficient identification of it, request its removal, and
"the Sanitary Authority shall cause it to be removed as
" if it were trade refuse."
Under Section 33 of the same Act the owner
shall pay a reasonable sum for such removal,
which in case of dispute is to be settled by a
Petty Sessional Court.
To avoid any possible misconception as to
the ultimate disposition of the above, I have
given instructions that every description of food
[fruit, vegetables, tinned goods, &c.] seized as
unsound or unwholesome and conveyed to Letts'
Wharf shall be destroyed there in the presence
of the Sanitary Inspector seizing the same.
It will be apparent that this Order does not
apply to the Inspectors of Meat.